Chronic Pain Patient Archives - Doctors of Courage

Why Do People Choose to Die?

by Linda Cheek, MD | May, Sun, 2022 | Chronic Pain Patient | 2 comments

Why do people choose to die? I ask that question in all seriousness. Two of our great patient advocates died this month of cancer who didn’t have to. So why did they choose to die? Well, I actually do have the answer to that question, but it doesn’t have to be the...

Pain Patient Story

by Linda Cheek, MD | Feb, Mon, 2022 | Chronic Pain Patient | 11 comments

I received the following well-written letter from a patient 2 years ago. How many other patients are in this same situation? It is for patients like her that everyone needs to learn that drugs are not the cause of addiction so we can get the Controlled Substance Act...

Opioid Crackdown Leaves Pain Patients in Limbo

by Linda Cheek, MD | Nov, Mon, 2021 | Chronic Pain Patient | 1 comment

An article on Thehill.com by Mark Rothstein, J.D. and Julia Irzyk, J.D was published today. The Opioid Crackdown Leaves Chronic Pain Patients in Limbo includes some truths, but it’s a real shame they ended it with worthless recommendations. They need to be informed...

Stop Rudeness on Facebook

by Linda Cheek, MD | Dec, Sat, 2020 | Chronic Pain Patient | 0 comments

Why are people so rude on Facebook? One answer I found by googling is that rudeness is actually a reflection of the content of the pages and people you surround yourself with. Facebook is a reflection of what is out there in the world. So does that mean chronic pain...

Elizabeth Llorente’s Foxnews articles on the opioid crisis

by Linda Cheek, MD | Dec, Wed, 2018 | Chronic Pain Patient | 0 comments

Well, I really blew it. I didn’t respond to Elizabeth Llorente’s request for chronic pain patients to tell her their stories about the effects of the opioid crisis. Having dealt with media requests on HARO, I assumed that she wanted only chronic pain patients to...

Tammy Malone, CPP

by Linda Cheek, MD | Jul, Tue, 2018 | Chronic Pain Patient | 2 comments

The following is a letter by Tammy Malone, a chronic pain patient, who has asked for it to be shared: Dear Friends, People are talking about the addicts who are overdosing due to the “opioid epidemic”. Maybe we should START talking about the people who...